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Frankenstein's Army (2013)

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Frankenstein's Army is a cleaver horror film that uses the found footage concept to tell a story about a lost Russian unit that comes across a secret Nazi lab where the journal of Dr. Victor Frankenstein is being translated into gruesome experiments.  The film is directed by Richard Raaphorst and Mr Raaphorst does a good job with what little he has.  I was unfamiliar with Raaphorst work so I enlisted a friend who knew of his work.  Mr. Raaphorst was the individual who did a fake trailer of a film entitled " Worst Case Scenario ".  The clip went viral and was nominated for the best trailer, no movie , at the golden trailer award.  Frankenstein's Army is a movie with some of the ideas Raaphorst presented in his trailer " Worst Case Scenario" video . Shot in Prague, in the Czech Republic the film uses it's location to maximum effect.It was shot in an old abandoned mine.  I was fascinated on how the film came about, and since this is Raaphorst's

Lovelace (2013)

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I had been waiting to see this film for some time.  After reading Linda Lovelace's books "Ordeal" and " Out of Bondage " I was mortified by what she experienced and what she went through.  It wasn't until I met the lady at a convention that I had a chance to talk with her for about 10 to 15 minutes.  Some critics point to Lovelace's appearances at these conventions as her being a hypocrite and that her experiences were all a lie.  I only spoke to her for a little while, and she was pleasant and I addressed her as Ms Marchiano since that was her name now.  She told me to call her Linda, and she really seemed genuine.  She talked about her children, and I saw how much she was committed to them.  I believe it was this that drove her to provide for her family, and why she would resurfaced as Linda Lovelace. So how was the movie?  Seeing this film is hard.  Especially if you've read the book "Ordeal".  It's well written and written wit